Nikon D4s First Impressions Review

It's been two years since Nikon introduced their flagship SLR, the D4. While that camera has undoubtedly stood the test of time, Nikon has decided that it's time for a refresh. That camera is the D4s which, on the surface, doesn't look much different than its predecessor. That's because, by and large, the major changes to the D4s are inside its magnesium alloy body.

The biggest changes on the D4s are its processor (now covered by the Expeed 4 standard), wider ISO range (topping out at 409,600), group area AF feature, and slightly faster burst speeds. Nikon has also reduced viewfinder blackout time, made transitions more 'smooth' when shooting time-lapse, and added 1080/60p video recording. Movie aficionados will also enjoy the ability to use Auto ISO when using manual exposure, audio range and level adjustment, and the ability to output uncompressed video over HDMI while simultaneously recording to a memory card.

Nikon D4s key features

'Newly designed' 16 megapixel full-frame CMOS sensor

Expeed 4 processing

ISO 100-25,600 (expandable to ISO 50 - 409,600 equiv)

51-point autofocus system (same as D4)

Group Area AF allows for more accurate subject tracking with less 'distraction'

Gigabit Ethernet port, in addition to support for WT-5A wireless transmitter

EN-EL18a battery provides 3020 shots per charge (CIPA)

In addition to those features, there are numerous small changes that have been made, with the Expeed 4 processor having a lot to do with it. Probably the biggest benefit of Expeed 4 is a wider ISO range, which now tops out at a whopping 409,600 (this is the Hi4 setting). The processing system has also increased the top burst rate to 11 fps (with AF). And speaking of increased speed, the D4s' mirror has a shorter travel distance, which reduces viewfinder blackout times.

There have been subtle changes to the camera's exposure system, starting with the ability to use face detection to determine metering while using the OVF. Exposure changes when using live view, interval shooting, or time-lapse movie are now less abrupt. Speaking of interval shooting, you can now take up to 9999 shots per sequence. The Active D-Lighting feature now has an 'Extra High 2' setting, though Nikon says that will look pretty 'artsy' at that point.

Another small change worth mentioning is the camera's ability to use the Auto ISO feature while in manual exposure mode. This allows you to choose a shutter speed and an aperture setting and let the camera decide on the necessary ISO. And, because the D4s has an Exposure Comp button as well as two control dials, you can apply exposure compensation so that you get your chosen image brightness, when working this way.

The D4s uses the new EN-EL18a battery for power, which allows for an incredible 3020 shots per charge (CIPA standard). Those who own EN-EL18 batteries can use them as well.

Compared to D4

Below is a quick comparison of the major differences between the D4 and D4s:

Nikon D4

Nikon D4s

Sensor

16.2MP FX-format CMOS

Processing

Expeed 3

Expeed 4

ISO range (standard)

100 - 12,800

100 - 25,600

ISO range (expanded)

50 - 204,800

50 - 409,600

Group AF area

No

Yes

Maintains focus point when changing orientation

No

Yes

Continuous shooting w/AF

10 fps

11 fps

Top Active D-Lighting option

Extra High

Extra High 2

Top movie resolution

1080/30p (24Mbps)

1080/60p (42 or 24Mbps)

Interval shooting limit

999 shots

9999 shots

Ethernet

100Mbps

1000Mbps

Memory cards

CompactFlash, XQD

Batteries used

EN-EL18

EN-EL18a, EN-EL18

Battery life (CIPA)

2600 shots

3020 shots*

* with EN-EL18a battery

As you can see, everything on the D4s is an improvement to the D4 - at least on paper.

Autofocus

The biggest news, in terms of autofocus, is the D4s' ability to continuously focus at the camera's highest frame rate (a feature limited to 10fps on the D4). Another way of looking at the 'decreased viewfinder blackout' that Nikon is promoting is: 'having the mirror in the position that allows AF, for longer.' As such, we suspect the redesigned mirror mechanism plays more of a role in allowing the extra 1 frame per second focusing, as the camera's more powerful processor. What it certainly hasn't changed is the AF sensor itself, so it's mostly a case of making the most of what's already there, rather than radically overhauling the camera's capabilities.

Although it doesn't detail or quantify the changes, Nikon promises that the autofocus algorithms have been tweaked and improved - which could prove to be the most significant change. The only example of this given is that the AF lock-on is now slightly less easily distracted by objects crossing in front of the intended subject.

Beyond this, there are a couple of small feature additions, but no claims of any fundamental re-thinking. The D4s now includes a focus point mode in which the AF point will switch to the nearest comparable position, as you rotate the camera - jumping to the top left position in portrait orientation if you'd selected the top left point while the camera is in the landscape orientation, for instance.

There's also a Group AF mode, in which the user can specify a cluster of five points to focus on, rather than having to choose a single point. The existing system did allow you to specify the number of surrounding points that the AF system would consider, but the new mode gives much greater weight to the four points adjacent to the selected AF target. As with many of the AF behavior tuning options in cameras at this level, we suspect the benefit of this feature will be specific to a certain shooting situation, and its value will only be revealed when applied to that situation.

Movies

Perhaps the biggest surprise to us is how little the D4s has gained in terms of movie functions. The headline change is that the D4s can now shoot 1080 video at frame rates of 60p and 50p (at bitrates of around 48Mbps), but beyond that, there's not much that's changed. There's been no improvement in whatever limited the D4 to 20 minutes of video recording: the D4s hits a similar limit, with high bitrate 60p restricting the camera to just 10 minutes of footage capture.

The D4s can now adjust audio volume as it records, but there are no additional features to support movie capture: no focus peaking or zebra, and no additional high bitrate settings for the frame rates already offered by the D4. Unlike existing Nikons, the D4s can now simultaneously output uncompressed video over HDMI and record to internal memory cards.

Overall, though while the D4s makes sense as a camera head - buried in a rig with external monitors and recorders bolstering its capabilities - it's hasn't taken any big steps towards being the modern photojournalist's stills and movies all-rounder. This isn't to say the D4s isn't a credible camera for using video; just that, after years of manufacturers insisting on the importance of video as a tool for working photojournalists, we're surprised to see so few changes or additions have been made.

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I have both the D4s and D800E. The D800E is great at lower ISO's (phenomenal at ISO 100), but the D4s leaves it behind at higher ISO's, esp. above ISO 6400 (and is still awesome at base ISO too) and is an all around better camera handling-wise, imho.

Just tested the studio tool with the D4s and the NEX-5T (a fairly modern APS-C/DX camera), and found that their ISO capacity did vary that much:

I selected incandescent light, and the patch of greenery in the upper right corner. Set the ISO to 102400, which the 5T can't follow, so stopped at 25600, and as far as I can see (I use a calibrated iMac) there was little difference in noise, at that setting. Menas a camera that costs maybe a tenth of the D4s can deliver almost the same image quality, just two ISO steps behind!

Tried the D610 as well, but that doesn't go any further either, but seems to be just one ISO step behind, at less than half the cost! Lowering the D4s to 51200 gives a very similar result, if not the same color balance!

An amazing camera in many ways, this new D4s, but had I the money to buy one, I'd buy a RX1R, and throw a party!

That sensor in the Nex 5T is plenty good at higher ISOs, for an APSC sensor. But it’s not really useable much above ISO 10,000. Whereas the D4s doesn’t show real problems until above ISO 30,000. This is, of course, shooting raw with both cameras.

So you’re deluding yourself if you think that Sony can equal the high ISO performance of the D4, D3s, D4s, Canon 6D, Canon 1DX, even the Leica M240 is astoundingly good at ISO 6400, but then can’t be pushed beyond ISO 6400.

Suggestion: Get many more raws from whatever camera, skip drawing conclusions based on the DPReview examples.

Macs don’t have particularly good monitors either, it’s a color depth problem not a resolution thing.

Nikon D4s - why this gadget sucks!I bought a D4s..took my first shots (RAW)- no chance getting them into Lightroom (latest ver) in a propriet way. Converting them to DNG and doing an import is not an option... OK why should Nikon sent any information to companies like Adobe for changes in their RAW specification. All real pros are using Nikon software - that seems to be the thought at those japanese Productmanagers..ok so far - I've to wait till Adobe has done the reverse engineering to geht the changes in the format...2nd why buying a new released model is no more option for me was - I put the Pocketwizard mini TT1 onto the D4s. switched on the Flex TT5 receivers (all on latest Firmware) triggered the Cam in higspeed mode since I had to do some higespeed shootings and... the flashes where only triggered at the first shutter release... Answer from Nikon Support: not compatible... and 3rd party product... not supported... so that's why I can say the D4s is a useless pice of rubbish!

The Lexar 64GB Professional 1066x CF Card did not fit into the CF slot of two D4s bodies I've tried. We tried two cards to confirm this finding with both D4s bodies. The 64GB 1000x Card did fit in the D4s. I've tried the 1066x cards in different Nikon and Canon models and the cards fit without any problems.

I needed a basic camera for selfies and facebook/twitter photos and this was perfect! A little hard to use and heavy, but not too bad. Be sure to get the fisheye lens for that classic duck face look, plus it makes your arms look thinner.

Look, it just a camera for the cost of a car, so what? Is there any point comparing ISO performance you are never going to use? I have not EVER, not even ONCE gone higher than 800 ISO on any digicam since I gave up film, and the fast lenses available mean that you never need to. The problem is the temptation to use slow , bad zooms, instead of more range limited and faster good ones or primes. NOw we can buy good f1.8 primes at 28mm, 35mm 50mm and 85mm and have 2470 and 70200 zooms at f2.8 the need for high ISO has gone.As no camera I have ever used can go above 400 without it affecting resolution in any case, I fail to see why there are such discussions among people who anyway have not got and do not use these cars!!

As you say, you only need a 3100.You cannot comment for the performance of a high end camera like the D4 or D4s if you do not shoot wild life like birds in flight or sport. We need 1/1200s at least for shutter speed and 1.4X to 2 X extender to obtain as close as possible to the target. At this set up like a 300mm f4, with a 2x extender, the aperture drops to F8 , what do you think if it is not a bright day to set ISO? I'm telling you I always need 1600 and above.

I figure I am the target market for the D4s. I go deer stalking with a bunch of friends several times a year. They all use rifles; I use a camera. You are most likely to find a deer at dawn or dusk, i.e. very limited light. The higher ISO the better, plus full weatherproofing is a must. Perfect camera to replace my F5.

It appears Nikon has cleaned up the RAW performance by a good half stop compared the D4 which is admirable. I would say 409,600 D4S is not quite as good as 204,800 on D4 but close. I also looked for the 1DX to compare but alas not on the list so I took the 6D and wow, I had no idea the 6D was that good at low light high ISO shooting. Very close to the D4S at 102,400. This is good news for all of us regardless of brand.

I see it in the skin tones and hair in the 4 portraits and in mid-tone colors. IMO there is definitely an improvement over the D4. Try setting the D4S to 409,600 and the D4 at 204,800 for the comparison.

Not sure what you're looking at. First, the Fuji X-M1's max ISO is 6400 so how did you compare at 25,600? Second, the D4 in RAW is considerably better at 6400 than the XM-1. The Fuji is soft by comparison and the D4 at 12,800 is about the equal of the XM-1 at 6400 but the D4 is considerably sharper.

You a7, Canon and D4 users are right. There is no need to be concerned about the D4s. It's an inferior camera to what you're using now. And hardly improves on what the D4 offers and hardly justifies it's price. DPR got it wrong, so did Nikon.

Feel better? That's what you wanted to hear right?

Most people will never use 400,000 ISO. But like the power rating of a car, the top end number gives an indication how the camera performs at lesser values. We really don't need more than 50hp to cruise at highway speeds, but most are way beyond that. An ISO rating of. 400,000 means more mortal values of 3200-8000 will be usable to the point of understatement.

The level of measure beating here is what amazes me. The back and forth of debate over 1% of 1% of what the camera can do makes a Star Trek convention look like a room of well hung thoroughbreds. Your 1Dx is amazing. Your 5DIII is amazing, your Fuji is amazing, your a7/r is amazing with its 3 system lenses. The D3s, D4 are still amazing too. It's a good time to be shooting. And cost? It's irrelevant. People buying this have not just picked up photography. They are likely selling something in irder to upgrade. $6500 is not $6500. It's $6500 minus was they sold to subsidize it. Many are making money with it and will pay it off in one week. So talk about cost is pointless.

I actually think it's great for both those who are willing to upgrade from the D4 to the D4s for $1500, as well as for those who still own a D3 or D3s and are now able to get used D4 bodies at a more affordable price.

+1 on the LR5 issue, would also be great if Nikon would provide a free LR5 license with their flagship camera (like Leica does with their M).

You are absolutely correct! Pros don't really complain. They look out for the next camera that has what they need and purchase it because it's a business need for them. If not, then we just keep our current setup and move it along.

Yea most people just bash on this cuz they either can't afford one or just couldn't convince themselves to get one or carry one and hence start look for all sorts of excuse and focus only on the cons just so they can feel better for their decision.

THANK YOU !!!! i got the D4s few days after its release, i was impressed by its AF with subjects approaching you. I was even more impressed when shooting video at 25600 ISO at 60p... Hardly any noise! that being said, i do think that this camera is over priced...

Who beats who regarding high iso?You can not compare for example Canon 6D and D4s and high iso, Canon are here at Dpreview exposed after 1/3200sec F 5,6 and Nikon are exposed 1/8000sec F5,6 and 24600 iso. A major difference.

DPR has stated they go after a consistent image result/exposure not using exact settings on every camera. Not all lenses perform exactly the same nor is ISO 800 identical on every brand or even between models within the same brand!

After all, when you take pictures you go for an exposure not going out to shoot at f/2.8 1/400 and ISO 400 and 3200 and see "what happens" now do you?!

It says something (not sure what) that people are actually discussing 400,000 ISO. They should have a contest "justify this feature" where somebody creates an image that really benefits from having this.

Increasing the maximum ISO setting could be a measure of the ISO capabilities of the camera, so in some regards it is valuable. I do think that for the specific case it is just a marketing strategy, just like the max iso rating on the 5D MKIII. The difference is that the D4s is screaming "I can you don't". While the 5D is crying "me too"

HowaboutRaw, what is your experience in actual photography besides pixel peeping on the internet and looking at the DXO ratings? I shoot sports professionally and at least 100,000 out of the 200,000images/year I click are at 6,400-25,600 Iso. I shoot with 1DX and 5D MKIII often sharing business with D4 users. For any practical use any claims of major ISO performance leaps are vapourware in this ISO bracket. Proper exposure, focusing locking and speed are far more important. Look at the raw files comparison even here on preview. How can you say that there a critical difference? Where is your supporting proof?

manual focus at ISO 25,600... what sort of photography do you do? You seem to belong to a very rare species of photographers... You might be right on what you are looking for yourself, your advice might not work for 99.99% of the other photographers on this planet. Mean no harm, you might be the most creative as well for what I am concerned :-)

It looks like the noise reduction with JPG output has been greatly improved. Sadly, I see absolutely no difference in RAW noise (and I would imagine, most photographers using the D4s shoot RAW). Glad I stuck with my D4 and didn't upgrade.

downloaded D4 as RAW developers in general and Photo Ninja in particular don't yet support the S and there's no point at all in just looking at the comparometer which is known to smudge Fuji XTrans files.

I had expected the D4, which at worst is only slightly behind the D4s, to have a clear advantage at 6400 over the Fuji XTrans cameras but in fact carefully looking at various parts of the low light image in Photo Ninja with both types of noise reduction (v3 and v4) at standard settings and also with noise reduction completely switched off, the overall result seems to be comparable with minor advantages for one side or the other in detail or noise depending on exact setting and parts of the image looked at.

I still find it hard to believe that my X-E1 really is as good a low light performer as a current Nikon FF but this is what the DPReview files show when downloaded and examined in a competent developer. And the Fuji is clearly ahead of the D7100 to which it should be comparable

Pentax is probably the king in in-camera image cooking. since Sony sensors output digital signals directly there is no room for Pentax or Fuji or anyone else to improve image quality with a better ADC. all are pure digital noise reduction.

Don’t worry, the Fuji doesn’t have the high ISO performance of the D4, or Df, and I’d posit the D4s. (Yep, I’ve shot my own tests with the XE1, XE2, XT1 and D4 and Df–the Fujis aren’t even close. Good for APSC though, like a Sony Nex 5 or Samsung NX300.)

It’s debatable that the Fuji is better than the D7100, but a basic Fuji lens would be better than a basic D7100 kit lens and lens optical quality really helps with higher ISOs. Yep, I also have my own raws from a D7100.

Mirrorlesses do not have any future. They are TOO small to be handled in a natural way. FF-DSLR cameras like D4s are the real ones, with good ergonomics and optimal size and weight. On those we can rely, cheers.

Mirrorless will kill SLR is different than wishing mirrorless will kill Canon, Nikon and Pentax. Stay calm, when they've perfected the viewfinder and seen big enough market share your mirrorless fetish will also be served by these three big and very experienced names in the industry.

We've heard talk of this coming mirrorless empire for half a decade now, but like oselimg suggests above, I don't think mirrorless will take off in a major way until Canon and Nikon release truly competitive systems.

The large masses, who don't really read reviews or visit forums like this one, are mainly aware of the two market leaders, and buy whatever they release. When Canon and Nikon put as much R&D and marketing muscle behind their mirrorless systems as they now do behind their DSLRs, then maybe things will start to change.

And to vesa1tahti, I'd like to reply that it's ridiculous to suggest that there is one camera size that is best for everyone. People with small hands might not find a D4 to be optimal.Also, I don't think the majority of people want to carry around a camera of that size for everyday purposes. If you're just going out for a stroll, wouldn't you want to take something more convenient with you?

Also, nothing prevents a mirrorless camera from being as large as a DSLR, or from having the same ergonomics. The benefit of mirrorless (from the manufacturers' point of view) is that you get rid of the mechanical complexity and cost of the mirror assembly, regardless of the size of the camera.

I generally like Dpreview, however they lost me since they do not have sample images of the 1DX, never mind the review. However looking at the comparison between the D4s and the 5D MKIII the D4s shows marginal superior performance at 25,600 starting pulling away above that. Considering that 1DX is better than the 5D MKIII at 25,600 (I own both and I extensively shoot in the 12,800-25,600 range) I think there is pretty much no practical difference between the D4/D4s and 1DX in the noise department in any useful ISO range that is not strictly survival mode (100,000 and above). Honestly I think that any of the current cameras should not be used at more than 25,600 iso for decent results and I do not see much need for anything above that excluding very, very specialized use.

Setting "print size" above, which is what matters when comparing noise between different resolution cameras, actually D4s is about 1/3 stops better than D4 butwhat is most impressive is that D800E is better than both, till ISO12800 and not only that, it has more clarity in the image due to high downsampling. That is trully impressive given that D800E is 2 years old now!At 25600, D4s goes a bit ahead the D800E. XT-1 is very good but soft, so comparison is not that easy.

I see allot of comments about who needs 400.000 ISO, because no one would ever shoot using ISO that high, but I don't think these people get what ISO really is, but I compare camera ISO to a guitar amplifier, and if you turn a guitar amp up to 10 you can hear the buzzing of the amp, and maybe the buzzing starts at 4 but gets strongest at 10, but with a sensor when you turn it up to 10 witch is the highest ISO, you can see the noise the most, so with a guitar amp, the more powerful the amp is, the less you need to turn it up to get volume out of it, so you get the volume with out hearing the buzz, and with a camera sensor, if it goes up to a higher ISO, it's the same as a more powerful amp, it means that at 12800 ISO it isn't working as hard to amplify the sensor, so at 12800 ISO it's going to have less noise than a sensor that only goes to lets say 24.000 ISO, or 200.000 or so on, so in theory if the sensor went up to a million ISO, maybe 12800 ISO would look like the noise of ISO 500

Well, that's true, but it would still be true even if you weren't given the option of using those highest ISO settings. The fact that you are given that option, makes people ask: "What do I need it for?".

Anyway, I don't think that it's always true, that if a sensor goes up to a higher ISO, then it's because the hardware is better. Often those higher ISO settings are made possible by improved NR algorithms, which may be applied even to the raw files.

That isn't Nikon hatred, the same goes for Canon and the 2k setting on the 1Dx. I can't really see there's much discernible improvement here other than having one more setting above an already pretty unusable top number. It used to be only consumer cameras that offered unrealistic top settings, but those days are gone. It would be far cheaper to buy a D610/ANother and push the highest setting by a couple of stops to get a speckly mush...[OK, this and the 1Dx may be slightly better due to their lower photosite density at extreme high ISOs, but the gains aren't that great].

Except that the analogy doesn't work, because a stop extra ISO range, doesn't make the D4S "work any less hard" at say ISO 12800 than a D4 (with similar performance at ISO 12800 too).

Or 4 stops more range than a D800 doesn't give any meaningfule information for the ISO 12800 in comparison to the D800 either, since you can push a D800 to ISO 400k yourself too. In the end these top ISO ranges are all digital amplified ISO's anyway, just like pushed RAW files.

An interesting analogy since quiet, transistor based guitar amps have been around for decades yet almost nobody uses them--instead preferring old-fashioned tube amps which sound great but hum like crazy.

On paper the D4 was supposedly a stop better than the D3s [or at least it went up one more setting]. But I'd agree that the D4 didn't surpass the capability of its predecessor. It's just [at least in RAW, which ultimately is all that counts], I see negligible difference between the D4 and D4s. The D3/D3s did seem to signal a step change in what was possible at the extremes of signal boost, but since then what has happened? I'm afraid it's that that makes me doubt that unless there's some radical new approach, I don't see 400k delivering decently usable results even in 10 years time. We've seen a radical slowing of the gains achievable with complex algorithms vs the base level quantum noise.

I do hope you're right and I'm wrong though - even though decent files at ISO6400 are good enough for most situations and well beyond what was possible in the pre-digital era.

When a guitar amp is turned to 10 the player is generally looking for the distortion in sound and this is a desired attribute. Marshall amplifiers are famed for this quality when the gain is increased. I think this is where the analogy with camera sensors fails. Photographers generally want fidelity but guitarists sometimes want crunch!

Fuji will not allow Raw file above ISO 6400. So it is very hard to say were they would end up. The Nikon D4s is the clear winner, three stops maybe just a little too much. A good one and half, maybe two. In the B&W image Nikon blacks have more noise.

Wrong as well. If you look at purple, XT1 at 6400 and the Nikon 1 stop higher at 12,800. There is red speckle contamination in the purple in the Nikon and there is none in the XT1. Colours are grainy in the Nikon, not in the Fuji. The difference between the two is at most, 1 stop and more like 0.7 stops, if DPreview had that fine a resolution of speeds.

km25 is right... the difference is about ~2stops in favor of nikon. Yes, there is more color noise in nikon, but also more detail. As everybody says, Fuji probably eliminates it in it's raw files, and actually that can be unpleasant in some situations (for ex. it's less efficient to average noise is multiple exposures)

But you should look at low ISOs as well...for my eyes, it seems like Fuji's ISO 200 is similar to the nikon ISO 800 or so :) ... here is a big issue for landscape and other fine detail shooting, where high ISO is not the only concern.

You can't really compare it to Fuji, unless you make sure that an equal amount of noise reduction in RAW is happening. Can you guarantee that with Fujis different Sensor, remind you, interpolation in blue and red channels is going on (leading to detail losses or artefacts)? Until demosaicing is 100% correct a comparison is difficult.But Fuji is certainly sufficient for most shooters.

Fujifilm and Nikon doesn't even use the same ISO ratings. Fujifilm overestimates them by at least half an f-stop, so a ISO 1200 photo from Fujifilm is more like ISO 800 from Nikon even when identically exposed.

You're comparing two different sensor sizes, two different sensor technologies, two different ISO ratings. :p While that can be fun, of course a full-frame top notch sensor is going to be at least approximately two f-stops better when taking detail into account and going beyond mere noise (which others have said can be surpressed). The X-Trans technology is cool but not magic dust.

Better to have more than 400,000 ISO or something more than 16 MP ?When do you really need to use more than 25000 ISO (to be very generous... personally I never need more than 1250) ?Very good camera of course, but unuseful for my needs.

How Earth-shattering could a new review be? The D4 is much like the D3x, which was pretty much the same as the D3s, which was the D3, all of which shared the same basic body. The sensor is improved, maybe, (the D3 still seems to be the low-light champion) but functionally, it's got to be pretty similar.

I'm sorry what exactly is it that makes the D3 the low light champion? Your statement would have been solid in 2007, when the D3 was launched (and the reason I switched to Nikon). Now if you look at their bodies from a distance yeah they all look the same. But that is true about the pictures quality too. It's just a matter of how FAR AWAY you stand from your monitor. Just my 50c

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In an effort to streamline production and minimize confusion, RED has announced that it is simplifying its product lineup to three main cameras. As an added bonus, this change dramatically drops the prices for all three options.

Fujifilm's new X-T100 is an SLR-style mirrorless camera that takes the internals of the X-A5, including phase-detect AF, and adds a fully articulating LCD and high-res OLED viewfinder. The X-T100 is priced at a very reasonable $599/€599 body-only and $699/€699/£619 with a 15-45mm lens.

Panasonic's latest firmware update for its GH5S, GH5 and G9 series of cameras was leaked in Japan earlier today and is now being officially announced a week early. But don't get too excited – you still won't be able to download it until May 30th.

We've been saying for years that the term "lens compression" is misleading, but Lee Morris over at Fstoppers has put together a useful video that explains why this is the case, and demonstrates it with two easy-to-understand examples.

Last week, some 'leaked' photos were published online that purported to show a DJI Phantom 5 drone with interchangeable lens camera and several prime lenses. The rumor was widely reported, but DPReview has learned that those images do not, in fact, show a Phantom 5 at all.

Award-winning fashion and celebrity photographer Markus Klinko recently tested out the Godox EC-200 flash extension head. Actually, he tested out four of them, creating a quad-flash ring light alternative that works great for both beauty and close-up work.

According to a recent investor presentation, Sony intends to occupy the top slot in the overall camera market by the end of 2020, beating back Canon and Nikon by boosting its interchangeable lens systems.

Google has finally added the ability to mark your favorite images in Google Photos, so they can be filtered into a dedicated album. The service is also planning to a social network-like "heart" button that lets you like other people's photos.

We've been messing around with Apollo, an iOS app that allows you to add 3D lighting effects to images using depth information, and have to say we're impressed with what it's capable of – but that doesn't mean we don't have a few requests for the next version.

The new lightweight laptop packs a whole lot of photo- and video-editing punch. The laptop can be specced out with a Core i9 processor, 16GB of RAM, 1TB of SSD storage, NVIDIA graphics with 4GB of GDDR5, and a 4K display with 100% Adobe RGB coverage.

It looks like Canon is getting into sensor sales. The three specialized CMOS sensors the company recently demoed—including a 120MP APS-H model and an ultra-low light sensor—have been listed for sale through a distributor in the US.

Kodak Alaris has launched a new single-use disposable camera in Europe. Called the Kodak Daylight Single Use Camera, this 800 ISO film camera is supposedly ideal for parties, weddings, and similar events.

Computer vision company Lucid and cinema camera maker RED have partnered to create an 8K 3D camera that can capture 4-view (4V) holographic images and video in real-time. The camera is designed to work with RED's upcoming holographic Hydrogen One smartphone.

If Canon and Nikon do get into high-end mirrorless, it's almost certain that they'll do everything they can to maintain compatibility with their existing mounts. But, asks Richard Butler, wouldn't it be more interesting if they built a small, niche system to live alongside their existing DSLRs?

You know that feeling when you're already all suited up and out on a spacewalk outside the International Space Station, and only then do you realize you forgot to put the SD card in your GoPro? No? Us either... but one astronaut on the ISS sure does.

From 2015 to 2017, filmmaker Macgregor and his crew spend many months traveling back and forth on the famed Mauritanian Railway—the so-called 'Backbone of the Sahara—to document the grueling journey endured by merchants who regularly travel atop this train. This beautifully-executed short doc is the result.

Synology has added a new 6-bay NAS to its DiskStation+ series, and it's aimed squarely at photographers and medium sized businesses. The DS1618+ can handle up to six 12TB drives, giving it a max capacity of 72TB, or up to 60TB in RAID 5.

Our original gallery for Tamron's new 70-210mm F4 had portraits, slow-moving wildlife and city scenes, but was sorely missing fast action. We remedied that by photographing some motorcycles flying through the air.

This week on DPReview TV, Chris and Jordan prepare for the summer holiday season by putting several popular waterproof cameras to the test. If you're considering a rugged camera for the beach or pool this summer, or if you just want to see what a Chris and Jordan fishing show might look like, tune in.

Soulumination is a non-profit organization that provides life-affirming legacy photography to families facing serious medical conditions, completely free of charge. This video shares the work they are doing.

Fujifilm EU seems to have accidentally leaked an unreleased camera to the masses. The leaked page details a new "X-T100" camera that will share most of its specs with the X-A5, but includes an EVF, deeper buffer, and 3-way tilting touchscreen.

LA-based director and cinematographer Phil Holland of PHFX recently joined forces with Gotham Film Works to create something out-of-this-world. Using a special aerial camera array, Holland shot a flyover of New York City using not one, not two, but three 8K RED Weapon Monstro VistaVision cameras.